"I'm looking forward to that," said Canada's head coach Even Pellerud after FIFA conducted the tournament draw yesterday.

And so he should. Norwegian-born Pellerud coached Norway to its 1995 Women's World Cup victory, which included a first round 7-0 win over Canada.

"They are probably not as strong, but they are still strong," Pellerud said of his former squad.

Pellerud coached 10th-ranked Canada to a fourth place finish in 2003. The 16-team 2007 tournament runs Sept. 10-30 in five Chinese cities. Canada also meets Ghana (Sept. 15) and Australia (Sept. 19) in the first round.

Meanwhile, Vancouver's Andrea Neil was a halftime substitute Saturday for the World Stars in a 3-2 loss to China in Wuhan. Ji Ting scored the 90th minute winner.